Name of Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. When researchers investigate a name’s linguistic origin and historical development, what are they studying?
Its numerology
Its typography
Its etymology
Its syntax
2. Which pair most clearly consists of cognate forms of a name that developed in different languages from a shared origin?
Rose and Lily
John and Juan
Taylor and Tyler
Faith and Hope
3. A monarch chooses the name Charles for use while reigning, although other personal names appear in his full name. What is Charles in this context?
A courtesy title
A hereditary surname
A patronymic
A regnal name
4. In the Icelandic patronymic name Elín Jónsdóttir, what does Jónsdóttir traditionally indicate?
Elín is a daughter of Jón
Elín belongs to the Jónsdóttir occupation group
Elín comes from a place called Jón
Elín chose Jónsdóttir as a pen name
5. Residents speaking Italian call their city Firenze, while English speakers commonly call it Florence. What is Firenze relative to the local language?
An endonym
An exonym
A pseudonym
A patronymic
6. In traditional Japanese domestic name order, which part is generally stated first?
The family name
The given name
The middle name
The honorific
7. A novelist publishes books under an invented name rather than the name used in everyday life. What is that publishing name?
A pseudonym
A patronymic
A cognate
An endonym
8. A performer is publicly known by one name only, without a surname. What is this one-name form called?
A calque
A demonym
A teknonym
A mononym
9. A family adopts the surname York after moving away from the city of York. What type of surname origin does this illustrate?
Occupational
Patronymic
Descriptive
Toponymic
10. Under a common traditional Spanish naming pattern, Ana García López has one surname from each parent. Which is typically her mother’s first surname?
García
Ana
López
Both surnames combined as García-López
11. A town is deliberately named after a historical person. How is this place name best described?
Patronymic
Hypocoristic
Eponymic
Matronymic
12. A biography introduces someone as “Maya Chen, née Patel.” What does “née Patel” indicate?
Her professional title
Her surname at birth
Her place of residence
Her preferred nickname
13. In a patronymic naming system, Leif is called Leif Eriksson because he is Erik’s son. What does “Eriksson” communicate?
The place where Leif was born
A name derived from his father’s name
The occupation followed by his family
A personal name chosen for adulthood
14. Sam is used as a familiar shortened form of Samuel. In naming terminology, what is Sam in this example?
An exonym
A matronymic
A diminutive
A surname prefix
15. What is the field devoted to the study of names and naming practices?
Lexicography
Onomastics
Paleography
Genealogy
16. The Russian name Москва is rendered as Moskva by systematically representing Cyrillic letters with Latin letters. What process is being used?
Translation
Abbreviation
Semantic calquing
Transliteration